To Tame a Land (1955)
“I had neve r cared for it, and suddenly I cared less for it now. Righ t now I had only one idea: I was going back to Maso n Crossing.
Yet it was not Ollie Burdette that I thought of, it wa s Liza. What about Liza? Where would that leave her?
"You like this town?" I asked Mustang.
"I lost nothing here." "All right. We're riding." Billy Dixon went out on the walk and watched us ge t in the saddle. "You take care of yourself," he warned.
"That Burdette's a bad man." Me, I just waved a hand.
Countr...y slid away behind us. Big, open, grassy, wonderful country. Two days out we saw the big herd, blac k sea of shifting buffalo as far as the eye could reach. Neve r saw anything like it. Made my gray plumb skittish, bu t we circled and come sundown we followed a stream be d through the herd and away.
Country began to get rougher, all cut up with ravine s and some high mesas. I was getting so I liked the smel l of buffalo-chip fires, although it brough t back memorie s of Pap and the wagon train.
Someday I wanted to go back and find his grave an d put a stone marker on it.MoreLess
Yet it was not Ollie Burdette that I thought of, it wa s Liza. What about Liza? Where would that leave her?
"You like this town?" I asked Mustang.
"I lost nothing here." "All right. We're riding." Billy Dixon went out on the walk and watched us ge t in the saddle. "You take care of yourself," he warned.
"That Burdette's a bad man." Me, I just waved a hand.
Countr...y slid away behind us. Big, open, grassy, wonderful country. Two days out we saw the big herd, blac k sea of shifting buffalo as far as the eye could reach. Neve r saw anything like it. Made my gray plumb skittish, bu t we circled and come sundown we followed a stream be d through the herd and away.
Country began to get rougher, all cut up with ravine s and some high mesas. I was getting so I liked the smel l of buffalo-chip fires, although it brough t back memorie s of Pap and the wagon train.
Someday I wanted to go back and find his grave an d put a stone marker on it.MoreLess
Read book To Tame a Land (1955) for free
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
10 / 10
User Reviews: